Rishi Sunak not wearing a seatbelt.

Honestly- I think we should pick our (important) battles, and there are plenty around.

He apologised immediately saying that just because he was doing a piece to camera it was no excuse to remove his seatbelt.

The relevant police force are investigating and no doubt Mr. Sunak will pay the fine when it arrives.

Makes me wonder how many other MPs never put their seat belts on when being chauffeured around. Laws are for the “great unwashed” maybe!! Nah, surely not!

Storm in a tea cup.

Most people have on occasion for some reason undone their seat belt for a (very) brief period - and immediately done it up again, almost always in circumstances when the chance of a full nose to nose head on smash at extreme speed on the motorway is virtually totally unknown

Let who ever is without sin throw the first stone.

He removed it to do a piece to camera. How can this lead you to wonder how many other MPs never put their seat belts on?

Quite right MOnica.

I just hope the 'system' deals with him promptly and quietly as it does with the rest of us. Job done. Let's move on.

Ah - lesson don’t get outraged if you haven’t seen the video

I’m more outraged at the rubbish that was coming out of his mouth! Central government allocating funding directly to local projects on what it decides are their merits is a nonsense, the funding should have been handed down to regions and devolved governments to decide because they have a far better idea what the actual priorities are. Levelling up my a..e.

Casdon

I’m more outraged at the rubbish that was coming out of his mouth! Central government allocating funding directly to local projects on what it decides are their merits is a nonsense, the funding should have been handed down to regions and devolved governments to decide because they have a far better idea what the actual priorities are. Levelling up my a..e.

In Wales, the county councils put in bids for the levelling up funds so they will be aware of what they want for the area.

M0nica

Storm in a tea cup.

Most people have on occasion for some reason undone their seat belt for a (very) brief period - and immediately done it up again, almost always in circumstances when the chance of a full nose to nose head on smash at extreme speed on the motorway is virtually totally unknown

Let who ever is without sin throw the first stone.

'Doing a piece to camera' is absolutely no excuse for removing your seatbelt, MOnica. You can sustain injuries even at quite low speeds.

He has done a lot worse things than this.

Fleurpepper

Honestly- I think we should pick our (important) battles, and there are plenty around.

That’s what I think too.Plenty of real reasons to grumble.

Silvergirl

Makes me wonder how many other MPs never put their seat belts on when being chauffeured around. Laws are for the “great unwashed” maybe!! Nah, surely not!

Like the late Queen maybe?

I can't understand why you need to take off your seatbelt in order to speak.

I can understand taking it off briefly in some circumstances...

I have tried to Google MP/MPs not wearing seatbelt but unfortunately it's a search currently populated by almost exclusively by Sunak!

It looked like he had to turn his body around for the camera.
Should have stopped to do the piece but I can’t get worked up about it.

PinkCosmos

Casdon

I’m more outraged at the rubbish that was coming out of his mouth! Central government allocating funding directly to local projects on what it decides are their merits is a nonsense, the funding should have been handed down to regions and devolved governments to decide because they have a far better idea what the actual priorities are. Levelling up my a..e.

In Wales, the county councils put in bids for the levelling up funds so they will be aware of what they want for the area.

Perhaps you should read this, there’s been a long-standing disagreement about the way the finding was allocated to Welsh schemes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-64324570

The same principle was applied throughout the UK, it was all about making the government look good, not about what local priorities are - asking a council to decide what it wants, and not having a process of looking at neighbouring councils to evaluate which scheme offers the most overall benefit is not the way to go. Also, it’s not levelling up if the most deprived communities don’t get prioritised.

I think it's a fuss about nothing much really.
He undid his seat belt for a few minutes to speak to camera?
There are far more important things to be worried about.

Oreo

It looked like he had to turn his body around for the camera.
Should have stopped to do the piece but I can’t get worked up about it.

Since the introduction of inertia reel seatbelts decades ago turning round with a seatbelt on has not been a problem, the seatbelt adjusts to accommodate you. It was a pathetic excuse.

I agree, it's hardly a scandal, but it was another mis step on his part. On a par with filling a borrowed car with petrol and not knowing how to pay for it! He's still not looking like a normal, everyday member of our society, is he?

It was a pathetic excuse? 😂 He didn’t say it, it was me thinking that might have been the reason.I know I can’t turn properly with a seatbelt on, inertia reel or not.

It shows, I think, that he is just not very good at politics, not to realise how this would be pounced on. Or he just thinks that the law is for the little people.

Apparently he has been issued with a fixed penalty notice. I expect if he pays it quickly it will be reduced. That will help him 😉

Idiot

I agree henetha a fuss about nothing much really, he's apologised and has been issued with a fixed penalty notice.